Ace technical interviews with smart preparation
Programming Interviews Exposed is the programmer's ideal first choice for technical interview preparation. Updated to reflect changing techniques and trends, this new fourth edition provides insider guidance on the unique interview process that today's programmers face. Online coding contests are being used to screen candidate pools of thousands, take-home projects have become commonplace, and employers are even evaluating a candidate's public code repositories at GitHub--and with competition becoming increasingly fierce, programmers need to shape themselves into the ideal candidate well in advance of the interview. This book doesn't just give you a collection of questions and answers, it walks you through the process of coming up with the solution so you learn the skills and techniques to shine on whatever problems you're given.
This edition combines a thoroughly revised basis in classic questions involving fundamental data structures and algorithms with problems and step-by-step procedures for new topics including probability, data science, statistics, and machine learning which will help you fully prepare for whatever comes your way.
* Learn what the interviewer needs to hear to move you forward in the process
* Adopt an effective approach to phone screens with non-technical recruiters
* Examine common interview problems and tests with expert explanations
* Be ready to demonstrate your skills verbally, in contests, on GitHub, and more
Technical jobs require the skillset, but you won't get hired unless you are able to effectively and efficiently demonstrate that skillset under pressure, in competition with hundreds of others with the same background. Programming Interviews Exposed teaches you the interview skills you need to stand out as the best applicant to help you get the job you want.
Autorentext
About the authors
John Mongan is Vice Chair, Informatics and Assistant Professor of Radiology at UCSF.
Noah Kindler is a founder of a technology startup and was previously co-founder and COO of SocialShield.
Eric Giguère is a staff software engineer at Google with over 20 years of professional programming experience including recruiting, interviewing, and hiring.
Klappentext
Start here to get the coding job you want
Programming Interviews Exposed is the programmer's ideal first choice for technical interview preparation. Updated to reflect changing techniques and trends, this new fourth edition provides insider guidance on the unique interview process that today's programmers face. Online coding contests are being used to screen candidate pools of thousands, and employers are even evaluating a candidate's public code repositories at GitHuband with competition becoming increasingly fierce, programmers need to shape themselves into the ideal candidate well in advance of the interview.
Programming Interviews Exposed will help you:
- Learn what the interviewer needs to hear to move you forward in the process
- Adopt an effective approach to phone screens with nontechnical recruiters
- Examine common interview problems and tests with expert explanations
- Be ready to demonstrate your skills verbally, in contests, on GitHub, and more
- Demonstrate your skillset under pressure
- Stand out as the best candidate for the job
Wrox Professional guides are written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
Zusammenfassung
Ace technical interviews with smart preparation
Programming Interviews Exposed is the programmer's ideal first choice for technical interview preparation. Updated to reflect changing techniques and trends, this new fourth edition provides insider guidance on the unique interview process that today's programmers face. Online coding contests are being used to screen candidate pools of thousands, take-home projects have become commonplace, and employers are even evaluating a candidate's public code repositories at GitHuband with competition becoming increasingly fierce, programmers need to shape themselves into the ideal candidate well in advance of the interview. This book doesn't just give you a collection of questions and answers, it walks you through the process of coming up with the solution so you learn the skills and techniques to shine on whatever problems you're given.
This edition combines a thoroughly revised basis in classic questions involving fundamental data structures and algorithms with problems and step-by-step procedures for new topics including probability, data science, statistics, and machine learning which will help you fully prepare for whatever comes your way.
- Learn what the interviewer needs to hear to move you forward in the process
- Adopt an effective approach to phone screens with non-technical recruiters
- Examine common interview problems and tests with expert explanations
- Be ready to demonstrate your skills verbally, in contests, on GitHub, and more
Technical jobs require the skillset, but you won't get hired unless you are able to effectively and efficiently demonstrate that skillset under pressure, in competition with hundreds of others with the same background. Programming Interviews Exposed teaches you the interview skills you need to stand out as the best applicant to help you get the job you want.
Inhalt
Preface xxv
Introduction xxix
CHAPTER 1: BEFORE THE SEARCH 1
Know Yourself 1
Know the Market 3
Basic Market Information 3
What About Outsourcing? 4
Develop Marketable Skills 5
Get Things Done 6
Manage Your Online Profile 7
Summary 8
CHAPTER 2: THE JOB APPLICATION PROCESS 9
Finding and Contacting Companies 9
Finding Companies 9
Getting Referrals 10
Working with Headhunters 10
Contacting the Company Directly 11
Job Fairs 12
Technology-Driven Sites 12
The Interview Process 12
Screening Interviews 12
On-Site Interviews 13
Dress 14
A Recruiter's Role 14
Offers and Negotiation 15
Dealing with Recruiter Pressures 15
Negotiating Your Salary 15
Accepting and Rejecting Offers 17
Summary 17
CHAPTER 3: THE PHONE SCREEN 19
Understanding Phone Screens 19
Phone Screens by Software Engineers 19
Phone Screens by Nontechnical People 20
How to Take a Phone Screen 21
Phone Screen Problems 22
Memory Allocation in C 22
Recursion Trade-Offs 22
Mobile Programming 23
FizzBuzz 23
Reversing a String 24
Removing Duplicates 25
Nested Parentheses 26
Summary 27
CHAPTER 4: APPROACHES TO PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS 29
The Process 29
The Scenario 29
The Problems 30
Which Languages to Use 30
Interactivity Is Key 31
Solving the Problems 32
The Basic Steps 32
When You Get Stuck 34
Analyzing Your Solution 34
Big-O Analysis 35
How Big-O Analysis Works 36
Best, Average, and Worst Cases 37
Optimizations and Big-O Analysis 37
How to Do Big-O Analysis 38
Which Algorithm Is Better? 38
Memory Footprint Analysis 39
Summary 40
CHAPTER 5: LINKED LISTS 41
Why Linked Lists? 41
Kinds of Linked Lists 42